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An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...
16 May 2024
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A prominent lettings expert and former president of ARLA Propertymark has berated agents who advertise ‘free valuations.’ Sally Lawson, now well known...
14 May 2024
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Propertymark says the lettings market is beginning to stabilise as rent arrears decrease. Propertymark member agents reported that on average, 2.5% of...
13 May 2024
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A 20-branch agency focused on Surrey has relocated its flagship office in the county. Seymours’ new 3,000 square feet office space is...
10 May 2024
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A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...
03 May 2024
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A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...
29 April 2024
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A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...
26 April 2024
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A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...
26 April 2024
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A new communications log feature has been introduced by a PropTech supplier which allegedly makes it easier to gather evidence for...
25 April 2024
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An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...
23 April 2024
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A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...
19 April 2024
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A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...
15 April 2024
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It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...
15 April 2024
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Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...
12 April 2024
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Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...
12 April 2024
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An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year. The analysis, carried out by...
10 April 2024
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Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...
10 April 2024
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Propertymark has batted away any possible market pessimism as a result of a downbeat price index result from the Halifax Just before...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...
04 April 2024
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Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...
04 April 2024
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Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This is the first...
03 April 2024
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Propertymark says its Lettings Helpline for agent members in England and Wales has become “an essential membership benefit for dealing with...
28 March 2024
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...
15 March 2024
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Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy. This is...
14 March 2024
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Propertymark has welcomed proposed reforms to evict tenants who show persistent anti-social behaviour. In 2018, a Northern Ireland Department of Justice consultation...
12 March 2024
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A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...
11 March 2024
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The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...
06 March 2024
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A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...
01 March 2024
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Caerphilly council in Wales has bought privately owned properties to provide housing for families who would otherwise find themselves in temporary...
01 March 2024
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Karen Stanley of Stanley Strategic Consultants, and Filomena Crolla of Domus Stay are the first students to pass the highest level...
27 February 2024
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There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...
21 February 2024
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PropTech player Technology Blueprint Ltd has completed the integration of compliance software firm, CheckDocs. The move is the first in a series...
21 February 2024
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New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...
20 February 2024
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Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...
08 February 2024
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A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...
07 February 2024
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New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...
05 February 2024
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A buying agent claims that rents could finally be tailing off despite some indices showing rises still taking place. According to Rightmove,...
05 February 2024
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The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...
01 February 2024
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Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...
01 February 2024
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A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...
17 January 2024
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The UK Apartment Association - a Build To Rent trade body - has given details of an expo it’s hosting in...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A free webinar for agents is being held next week, again devoted to the Renters Reform Bill as well as the...
12 January 2024
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Letting agents’ body Propertymark is throwing its weight behind a mandatory licensing and registration scheme for short let landlords. Anyone who lets...
12 January 2024
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A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...
11 January 2024
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An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
An agency which currently has £350m of property under management and boasts a 98 per cent client retention rate, has opened...
09 January 2024
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Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially...
04 January 2024
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The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...
04 January 2024
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The president elect of ARLA Propertymark has created a comprehensive list of female experts in different property disciplines. Angharad Trueman, Group Lettings...
03 January 2024
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The Housing Ombudsman - currently active in the social housing sector but tipped to take a wider role involving private renting...
29 December 2023
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Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...
21 December 2023
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A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes. Landmark...
20 December 2023
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All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...
18 December 2023
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A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...
18 December 2023
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A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...
11 December 2023
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Long-standing activist investor Brett Stone has made a last-ditch bid to scupper a proposed takeover of OnTheMarket by US firm CoStar. CoStar...
04 December 2023
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Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...
24 November 2023
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A private lettings agency run by a council is holding open days to woo potential landlord clients. Test Valley Lettings is later...
10 November 2023
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Savills has moved into a new office in Bath, occupying over 2,500 square feet in a prominent on a prominent shopping...
10 November 2023
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An overwhelming number of letting and sales agents back the idea of more so-called Material Information on property details. That’s according to...
06 November 2023
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The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...
06 November 2023
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There’s growing optimism that tomorrow’s Bank of England monetary policy committee meeting will see base rate held for another month -...
01 November 2023
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There are growing fears of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next month following the surprise inflation figure released...
19 October 2023
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Louis Musgrove – Group Managing Director What is Southernbrook Lettings and...
12 October 2023
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Husband-and-wife team John and Shirley Ounsworth have completed on the acquisition of Osprey Lettings. The couple - who run a Northwood franchise...
10 October 2023
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Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner has given her party’s conference an outline of future policy plans. She says:...
09 October 2023
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Propertymark says it hopes that a Welsh Government White Paper proposing that nine devolved housing tribunals are consolidated into a single...
04 October 2023
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Propertymark is introducing a new dedicated Lettings Helpline for ARLA members in England and Wales. Until now Propertymark has provided members with access...
29 September 2023
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Latest market data from LSL Property Services - which includes the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - shows a 10...
28 September 2023
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Propertymark has given strong support to the government’s “flexible and affordable” approach to the green policy agenda, Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy...
22 September 2023
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Propertymark, together with Gas Safe Register, has produced top tips to be passed by agents to landlords and tenants as part...
13 September 2023
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More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...
12 September 2023
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The Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team is one of two new non-executive directors at The Property Ombudsman. Louise Baxter...
12 September 2023
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A long-established agency has created what it calls a “super office” in its city. John Payne Estate Agents, which has been active...
11 September 2023
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An agency’s survey of tenants reveals that three quarters feel ‘trapped’ because of the lack of choice in the private rental...
05 September 2023
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The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...
16 August 2023
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A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...
15 August 2023
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A property website has produced startling figures giving an insight into the frenzied rental market. Property Pal, which looks at the housing...
14 August 2023
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A law firm says the Renters Reform Bill is driving buy to let investors to quit because of their fears over...
31 July 2023
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Savills has announced a new head of its lettings department in its Bishops Park office in Fulham. Christina McLean steps into the...
28 July 2023
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Buy to let mortgages have seen the largest interest rate increase of any mortgage category according to new research. Barrows and Forrester...
19 July 2023
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It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...
14 July 2023
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After numerous stories of councils and letting agencies at each others’ throats over To Let boards, Trading Standards and other controversies,...
12 July 2023
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Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...
07 July 2023
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John Lewis is pushing ahead with its commitment to build and manage rental homes as part of a drive which it...
04 July 2023
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An agency is claiming a record for the sum at which it is letting a seven bedroom property in north London. Aston...
04 July 2023
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Small but fast-growing agency Propertynest has been confirmed as a British Franchise Association member. BFA members commit to running an ethical standards-based...
27 June 2023
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One of the largest vacation lettings agencies - Sykes Holiday Cottages - says a survey shows that two thirds of holiday...
27 June 2023
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A prominent lettings and sales agency says there are four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff, despite interest...
22 June 2023
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A franchise lettings agency is reported to have agreed to stop potential tenants bidding against each other to secure rental properties. The...
15 June 2023
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A survey of nearly 700 letting agents from across England has revealed that the abolition of Section 21 continues to be...
14 June 2023
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A London lettings and sales agency has launched an apprenticeship scheme. The JOHNS&CO Academy invites young people to train via courses ranging...
13 June 2023
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The rental market is set to benefit from a surge in potential buyers putting their purchase plans on hold. Data from NerdWallet...